Bangladesh Bank reserve heist: Probe report submission deferred for 93rd time
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam set 9 April as the new date for submitting the investigation report.
The submission of the investigation report in the reserve heist case involving Bangladesh Bank has been deferred once again, marking the 93rd delay in the long-running probe.
Although the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was scheduled to submit the report today (18 February), it failed to do so.
As a result, Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam set 9 April as the new date for submitting the investigation report. The information was confirmed by Rokonuzzaman, sub-inspector of the prosecution division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
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On 5 February 2016, hackers siphoned off $81 million from Bangladesh Bank's account held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Investigators believe the money laundering was carried out with the assistance of a local syndicate operating within the country.
Following the incident, on 15 March 2016, Zobayer Bin Huda, then deputy director of the Accounts and Budgeting Department of Bangladesh Bank, filed a case with Motijheel Police Station against unidentified individuals under the Money Laundering Prevention Act.
The next day, on 16 March, the court handed over the investigation to the CID, which has been conducting the probe ever since.
